Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty continued to trade lower on Wednesday, weighed down by elevated crude oil prices and weak investor sentiment.

At 10:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 77907.45 down by -246.8 points or by -0.32 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24374.8 down by -96.9 points or by -0.4 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 78263.33 and intraday low of 77784.04 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24473.3 and intraday low of 24357.5

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were State Bank of India (Rs. 1080.15,+1.33%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 2021.70,+0.58%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1433.90,+0.48%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1641.80,+0.42%), Trent Ltd. (Rs. 3014.45,+0.21%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 3421.40,-1.60%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2411.15,-1.19%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3999.65,-1.00%), Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1178.75,-0.78%), Titan Company Ltd. (Rs. 5077.45,-0.73%), among others.

Metal index was at 42368.39 up by 394.58 points or by 0.94%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 418.95,+8.00%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1081.05,+2.76%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (Rs. 595.95,+1.70%), APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (Rs. 2015.10,+1.16%), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (Rs. 174.90,+1.10%),.

Realty index was at 6892.84 down by -56.8 points or by -0.82%. Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 593.95,-1.83%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1883.30,-1.67%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2015.35,-1.43%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1566.80,-0.96%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1773.55,-0.83%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4115 , shares advanced were 1855 while 2043 shares declined and 217 were unchanged.